Two-wheeled vehicle



H. H. LOGKWOOD.

TWO WHEELED VEHICLE.

No. 450,166 Patented Apr. 14,1891.

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Patented Apr. 14, 1891.

idllorney UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- HENRY H. LOOKlVOOD, OF OLEAN, NEWYORK.

TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 450,166, dated April14, 1891.

Application filed February 18, 1890. Serial No. 340,841. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY H. LOOKWOOD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Olean, in the county of Oattaraugus and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wheeled Vehicles;and

I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain improvements in vehicles, which willbe hereinafter more particularly described and pointed out. In theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is aside elevation of a vehicle with the improvements attached. Fig. 2 is atop or plan view of onehalf of the running-gear. Fig. 3 is an elevationof one-half of the axle and springs, &c. Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 aredetails enlarged. A represents the seat of the vehicle, and A theseat-riser.

B is the shaft, B the circle bar, and B the I back bar.

C is the pole, which is constructed as follows: A solid piece ofsuitable timber is sawed along the lines 0 c c, (be, and c c" c, &c.,from the end C to 0, thus forming three strips of equal dimensions.Three or more separate pieces may be thus combined. The middle strip 0is intended to pass through the mortises in the bars B B, forming atenon to each bar, and the outside pieces D D will pass over the bars BB, and the three or more strips will be secured at the two ends byscrew-bolts d in the usual manner to make the end parts solid. Thestrips will be held apart by spools c e, rise, through which and thestrips will pass screw-bolts (1 cl, dsc, as shown in Fig. 1. This methodwill form a substantial trussed pole much lighter and stronger than whenof solid material.

E E are the foot-rest bars, designed to be readily detachable by meansof the following devices, which are in detail enlarged in Figs. 6, 7, s,and 9.

F is the spring-bar.

G is the spring.

Under the spring-bar F at each end is a hanger-F. (Shownin Fig.5.) Inthishanger is a socket f (shown in dotted lines) for the reception ofthe hooks e e on the the upperends of the foot-restbars EE. The otherends of the bars E E have hooks e e, which engage the staples e e" underthe back bar E.

f is a button pivoted to thehanger, so that when the foot-bars E are inplace the button f will prevent the end e from jumping out of the socketor mortise f.

When it is desired to remove the foot-rest, by turning the buttons f thehooks e can be lifted out and the foot-rest dropped down, and the otherends e can be easily detached from the staples e When the vehicle iswide, a middle footrest bar will be required. E, Fig. 6, represen tssuch a middle bar, which has at one end a hook 6, similar to the outsidefoot-rest bars E, which drops into a socket f in'a hanger which is castupon the plate of the middle clipholder G, Fig. 8. This middle foot-restbar E extends under the foot-rest slats about one-third of the distanceonly.

In Figs. 3 and 4 is represented the method of suspending the ends of thespring G. His a standard, having on its end a ball h. This standard isforged on to the shaft-rim I, as seen in Fig. 1. A spring-stirrup isformed of two similar parts J J, having at their upper ends concavitiesh to fit over the ball h, so that when bolted together, the whole willform a ball-and-socket or universal joint. To the lower end of thespring-stirrupJ J is attached the end of the spring G inthe usualmanner.

In Fig. 9 is represented a device to deaden the spring. K is awheel-axle. On the middle clip K of the axle is a projection having ahole It, which is in line longitudinally with the center bolt g, of thespring G. 70 is a short brace fitted at its lower end to enter the hole70 in the clip-plate K, and has a shoulder k to prevent it fromdropping. Its upper end is curved so that it will come directly underthe spring-clip L, and in the end of K is a hole Z, to receive the lowerend of the springbolt When it is desirable to deaden the spring, thebrace It) is to beinserted in the hole It, and the bolt g is to beinserted in the hole Z, when the spring will be sustained by the brace.

I am made aware that a two-wheeled vehicle has been provided with afoot-rest detachably connected thereto, such foot-rest being secured bynuts which have to be taken off when the foot-rest is to be removed.

In my device I use pivoted catches which are simply turned and are notremoved from the Vehicle, and hence are in no danger of being lost.

What I claim is- 1. The combination of a two-Wheeled vehicle with aremovable foot-rest detachably connected at both ends with the vehicleand pivoted catches at one end, whereby the footrest is held fromaccidental displacement and may be removed by turning the catches andWithout removing them from the vehicle, as set forth.

2. The combination, of the spring-bar F,

HENRY H. LOCKWOOD.

Witnesses:

WM. R. SINGLETON. M. TRIMBLE.

